Volleyball

Calero Named CACC Rookie Of The Week

Nov 16, 2015

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician University freshman Paulina Calero (El Centro, Calif./Southwest) has been chosen as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Week for the period ending Nov. 15, the CACC announced today.

A 5-foot-10 outside hitter, Calero posted a pair of "double-doubles" during Felician's 1-1 week. She turned in 23 kills, the most by any Golden Falcon player this season, and added 15 digs during a four-set home victory over Caldwell University on Nov. 10. She came back to record 13 kills and 10 digs as Felician lost in three sets at Concordia (N.Y.) College on Saturday. For the week, she averaged 5.14 kills and 3.57 digs per set with a .200 attack percentage.

Calero played in all 105 sets for the Golden Falcons this season. She hit .096 with a team-high 2.66 kills and 2.14 digs per set. She finished second on Felician in service aces with 27. She is a 2015 graduate of Southwest High of El Centro, Calif.

Felician women's volleyball is guided by second-year head coach John Chang of Cranford. The Golden Falcons (7-24, 5-14) completed 2015 in fifth place in the CACC North Division.

Felician University, the Franciscan University of New Jersey, is a liberal arts, coeducational Catholic university founded in 1942 and sponsored by the Felician Sisters. True to its mission, Felician University welcomes a diverse student population and embraces its educational needs. With campuses in Lodi and Rutherford, New Jersey, Felician University currently enrolls more than 2,100 students and offers more than 55 undergraduate and graduate programs, in the classroom and online, in the arts and sciences, business and management sciences, health sciences and teacher education. Felician Univeristy also sponsors 14 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.